Katie Sweeney
@k8iesweeney.bsky.social
Word slinger. Aspiring eccentric. Libraries. Bikes > cars. Gulf of Mexico. PHL
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Katie Sweeney
@k8iesweeney.bsky.social
· Sep 28
ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.?
#Chicago
#Chicago
We need to start putting a $ amount to these stunts so taxpayers can see what we’re footing.
I take mine to Batteries Plus.
Don’t know who needs to hear it, but since Minneapolis stopped accepting batteries for recycling a few years ago AND RECOMMENDED PUTTING THEM IN THE TRASH, I take them to Ace Hardware, which accepts them. I’ve take regular batteries; not sure if lithium/rechargeable also accepted.
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I take mine to Batteries Plus.
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Oh you broke ranks and squandered your politically advantageous position on the government shutdown, and the audacious gambit resulted in the most obvious outcome imaginable? You really are a Democrat.
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Oh you broke ranks and squandered your politically advantageous position on the government shutdown, and the audacious gambit resulted in the most obvious outcome imaginable? You really are a Democrat.
Sleepwalking is too passive
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Sleepwalking is too passive
Van Hollen's 2028 campaign messaging is off to a good start.
Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on an extension of ACA tax credits.
This vote boils down to one question: how many working people deserve to lose their health insurance to fund tax breaks for billionaires?
My answer: zero.
Tomorrow we will know Republicans’ answer.
This vote boils down to one question: how many working people deserve to lose their health insurance to fund tax breaks for billionaires?
My answer: zero.
Tomorrow we will know Republicans’ answer.
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Van Hollen's 2028 campaign messaging is off to a good start.
A top read of 2025
Other countries have safety nets. The US has women.
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A top read of 2025
Resigning with 3 weeks' notice? Hmmm. www.thestate.com/news/local/e...
Clemson University president retiring a year after contract extension
The college’s board is meeting Wednesday to appoint interim leadership.
www.thestate.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Resigning with 3 weeks' notice? Hmmm. www.thestate.com/news/local/e...
7.1 billion, all spent on Earth.
NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
7.1 billion, all spent on Earth.
I want an SNL skit of Trump going down to Canal St looking for knockoff Peace prizes.
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I want an SNL skit of Trump going down to Canal St looking for knockoff Peace prizes.
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This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
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Sits backwards on chair: "Let me tell you a story about ANOTHER carpenter who stood up to a corrupt and murderous regime."
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sits backwards on chair: "Let me tell you a story about ANOTHER carpenter who stood up to a corrupt and murderous regime."
Another sad casualty of a car-centered society: I don’t take as many photos of my surroundings as when I got around on foot or bike.
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Another sad casualty of a car-centered society: I don’t take as many photos of my surroundings as when I got around on foot or bike.
“There’s a lot of performativeness,” he said. “Trump can hold meetings with a foreign leader in front of the mantle that he’s decorated with all the gold trappings, and it’s the backdrop for its performance of a successful businessman who is now president.”
The original White House--like the Capitol--was deliberately NOT garish.They were supposed to reflect republican governance: not monarchies, not aristocracies.They were supposed to show a commitment to We the People.
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
We Asked Interior Designers To Explain Trump's 'Garish' White House Redesign — And They Had THOUGHTS
Experts weigh in on the president's gold-soaked makeover of the Oval Office and more.
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“There’s a lot of performativeness,” he said. “Trump can hold meetings with a foreign leader in front of the mantle that he’s decorated with all the gold trappings, and it’s the backdrop for its performance of a successful businessman who is now president.”
Which elected Democrats have spoken out against Trump’s racist characterization of Somalis and in support of Rep Omar?
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Which elected Democrats have spoken out against Trump’s racist characterization of Somalis and in support of Rep Omar?
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
I hope that Mike Johnson showing up in TN wearing that Trump-Vance jacket is a gift for Aftyn Behn.
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I hope that Mike Johnson showing up in TN wearing that Trump-Vance jacket is a gift for Aftyn Behn.
Dial up the ridicule and let's end this.
I’m trying to check myself here, but I feel like Trump is locked in a downward spiral. Authoritarians really depend upon a culture of fear in which their coalition is cowed into submission.
Once significant cracks appear and there isn’t a sense of inevitability, it’s hard to put back.
Once significant cracks appear and there isn’t a sense of inevitability, it’s hard to put back.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Dial up the ridicule and let's end this.
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Montgomery County first made its “Ride On” buses free to all riders under 18 in 2019. Then on June 29, 2025, it made all of its buses fare-free for all passengers. The system has a fleet of nearly 400 buses, 80 routes, and provided 19.2 million rides in the 2025 fiscal year.
Free Buses Can Be a Reality — Just Look at Maryland
Zohran Mamdani’s plan for free buses is not a pipe dream. Montgomery County, Maryland, made its buses free this year.
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Montgomery County first made its “Ride On” buses free to all riders under 18 in 2019. Then on June 29, 2025, it made all of its buses fare-free for all passengers. The system has a fleet of nearly 400 buses, 80 routes, and provided 19.2 million rides in the 2025 fiscal year.
In a moment of hubris (and a free work calendar), I joined a 9am *intermediate* pickleball group (i.e., seniors) and was humbled with a QUICKNESS. I loved them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
In a moment of hubris (and a free work calendar), I joined a 9am *intermediate* pickleball group (i.e., seniors) and was humbled with a QUICKNESS. I loved them.
Senator Van Hollen from MD is building a consistent but unflashy foundation for a 2028 run. I'm watching.
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Senator Van Hollen from MD is building a consistent but unflashy foundation for a 2028 run. I'm watching.
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Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
“I took a cognitive test and aced it, which you would be incapable of doing.”
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Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“I took a cognitive test and aced it, which you would be incapable of doing.”
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Apparently we’re too busy shopping online for Black Friday deals. 🫠
Fortunately, It Looks Like The Administration And Republicans Are Crumbling Right Before Our Eyes….
Just so we're clear, Americans are GROSSLY underreacting to what's being done to their country right now.
Just so we're clear, Americans are GROSSLY underreacting to what's being done to their country right now.
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Apparently we’re too busy shopping online for Black Friday deals. 🫠
It wasn’t the political talk that 🫠🫠 me over the Thanksgiving holiday, it was the talk about ChatGPT use. 😵💫
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It wasn’t the political talk that 🫠🫠 me over the Thanksgiving holiday, it was the talk about ChatGPT use. 😵💫